The process of linguistically validating measures is lengthy and involves a number of important steps. To date, POS has been translated into 14 languages and IPOS has been translated into 7 languages with another 13 underway.

Approval given and translation begun (this means a group has been given approval to start the translation process and has begun with this; i.e. forward/backward translation / expert review / cognitive interviews / proofreading in progress)

Translated. Measure available (this means non-validated measure has been developed, but group does not plan further psychometric testing; non-validated tool may be made available)

Translated. Psychometric testing begun (this means a non-validated measure has been developed and the team have now started psychometric testing of this measure; the measure won’t be available until this phase is complete)

Nearing completion (this means a translated and validated version will soon be available on the pos-pal website - final formatting in progress)

Discontinued or on hold (this may mean that a translation project was discontinued due to lack of funding, resources or staff or it may mean the team decided not to pursue plans to translate the measure or a team has put the translation on hold, e.g. in order to obtain further funding)

IPOS translations status (click to show/hide table)

Language/ Country

Principal investigator (PI)

Organisation

Planned work

Status (see below)

Romanian/ Switzerland

Florian Strasser

Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Greek/ Greece

Despina Anagnostou and Aliki Terkezoglou

Galilee home palliative care service

Translation

Approval given and translation begun

Hebrew/ Israel

Ron Sabar

Sabar Clinics and Home Hospice, Tel Aviv

Translation

Approval given and translation begun

Japanese/ Japan

Nakajima Nobuhisa and Hiroki Sakurai

Tohoku University

Translation and psychometric testing

Translation complete and psychometric testing begun

Thai/ Thailand

Busayamas Chewaskulyong

Chiang Mai University

Translation

Approval given and translation begun

India/ Hindi

Tushti Bhardwaj

University of Delhi

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Chinese Traditional/Taiwan

Sheng-Jean Huang

Taipei city hospital

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Hong Kong

Chinese

Candy Fong

Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Czech

Prague

Martin Loucka

Center for Palliative Care in Prague, the Czech Republic

Translation and psychometric testing

Translation complete and psychometric testing begun

Beijing

Simplified Chinese

Prof Wei Liu

Beijing Cancer Hospital

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Singapore

English and Chinese version

Grace Yang

National Cancer Centre Singapore

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

India

Tamil

Dr. Prasanna Vani Vanamail

Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Palliative care, Cancer Institute

Translation and psychometric testing of patient and staff 3-day version

Approval given and translation begun (this means a group has been given approval to start the translation process and has begun with this; i.e. forward/backward translation / expert review / cognitive interviews / proofreading in progress)

Translated. Measure available (this means non-validated measure has been developed, but group does not plan further psychometric testing; non-validated tool may be made available)

Translated. Psychometric testing begun (this means a non-validated measure has been developed and the team have now started psychometric testing of this measure; the measure won’t be available until this phase is complete)

Nearing completion (this means a translated and validated version will soon be available on the pos-pal website - final formatting in progress)

Discontinued or on hold (this may mean that a translation project was discontinued due to lack of funding, resources or staff or it may mean the team decided not to pursue plans to translate the measure or a team has put the translation on hold, e.g. in order to obtain further funding)

Institute of Health Sciences, School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Translation and psychometric testing

Translation complete and psychometric testing begun

Status:

Approval given and translation begun (this means a group has been given approval to start the translation process and has begun with this; i.e. forward/backward translation / expert review / cognitive interviews / proofreading in progress)

Translated. Measure available (this means non-validated measure has been developed, but group does not plan further psychometric testing; non-validated tool may be made available)

Translated. Psychometric testing begun (this means a non-validated measure has been developed and the team have now started psychometric testing of this measure; the measure won’t be available until this phase is complete)

Nearing completion (this means a translated and validated version will soon be available on the pos-pal website - final formatting in progress)

Discontinued or on hold (this may mean that a translation project was discontinued due to lack of funding, resources or staff or it may mean the team decided not to pursue plans to translate the measure or a team has put the translation on hold, e.g. in order to obtain further funding)

IPOS DEM translations status (click to show/hide table)

Language/ Country

Principal investigator (PI)

Organisation

Planned work

Status (see below)

Netherlands

Dutch

Jenny van der Steen

Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden, The Netherlands

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Germany

German

Bausewein, Claudia Prof. Dr.

Klinikum der Universität München

Translation and psychometric testing

Approval given and translation begun

Status:

Approval given and translation begun (this means a group has been given approval to start the translation process and has begun with this; i.e. forward/backward translation / expert review / cognitive interviews / proofreading in progress)

Translated. Measure available (this means non-validated measure has been developed, but group does not plan further psychometric testing; non-validated tool may be made available)

Translated. Psychometric testing begun (this means a non-validated measure has been developed and the team have now started psychometric testing of this measure; the measure won’t be available until this phase is complete)

Nearing completion (this means a translated and validated version will soon be available on the pos-pal website - final formatting in progress)

Discontinued or on hold (this may mean that a translation project was discontinued due to lack of funding, resources or staff or it may mean the team decided not to pursue plans to translate the measure or a team has put the translation on hold, e.g. in order to obtain further funding)